-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Liex8ksmdF9jny/YtrtENHTLhxb5K72rn0xE5DIxVRevBxLoOIK3w01EEqdvnxO8 DHkxdhNbMbcVw7nTP2++jg== 0001144204-09-032629.txt : 20090615 0001144204-09-032629.hdr.sgml : 20090615 20090615170046 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-09-032629 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090615 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090615 GROUP MEMBERS: NICHOLAS DAY GROUP MEMBERS: RICHARD BERLINER SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERLINER COMMUNICATIONS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000826773 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS [4812] IRS NUMBER: 752233445 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-61031 FILM NUMBER: 09892448 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 97 LINDEN AVENUE CITY: ELMWOOD PARK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07407 BUSINESS PHONE: 201.791.3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 97 LINDEN AVENUE CITY: ELMWOOD PARK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07407 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NOVO NETWORKS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010104 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EVENTURES GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990902 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ADINA INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OLD BERLINER LIQUIDATING TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001461669 IRS NUMBER: 306191628 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 97 LINDEN AVENUE CITY: ELMWOOD PARK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07407 BUSINESS PHONE: 201 791 3200 X 121 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 97 LINDEN AVENUE CITY: ELMWOOD PARK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07407 SC 13D 1 v152132_sc13d.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. )* INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a) BERLINER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $.00002 per share - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 08520T 10 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) Old Berliner Liquidating Trust Nicholas Day, Trustee 97 Linden Avenue Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 Tel: (201) 791-3200 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) April 6, 2009 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box [ ]. *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP NO. 08520T 10 0 Page 2 of 7 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Names of Reporting Persons Old Berliner Liquidating Trust - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Check the appropriate Box (a) if a Member of a Group (b) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) SEC Use Only - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Source of Funds N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5) Check Box if Disclosure of Legal |_| Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (6) Citizenship or Place of Delaware Organization - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Shares (7) Sole Voting Power 13,104,644 Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With --------------------------------------------------- (8) Shared Voting 0 --------------------------------------------------- (9) Sole Dispositive 13,104,644 --------------------------------------------------- (10) Shared Dispositive Power 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 13,104,644 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (12) Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11 49.4% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (14) Type of Reporting Person OO - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP NO. 08520T 10 0 Page 3 of 7 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Names of Reporting Persons Nicholas Day - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Check the appropriate Box (a) if a Member of a Group (b) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) SEC Use Only - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Source of Funds N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5) Check Box if Disclosure of Legal |_| Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (6) Citizenship or Place of United States Organization - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Shares (7) Sole Voting Power 13,104,644 Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With --------------------------------------------------- (8) Shared Voting 0 --------------------------------------------------- (9) Sole Dispositive 13,104,644 --------------------------------------------------- (10) Shared Dispositive Power 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 13,104,644 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (12) Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11 49.4% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (14) Type of Reporting Person IN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP NO. 08520T 10 0 Page 4 of 7 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Names of Reporting Persons Richard Berliner - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Check the appropriate Box (a) if a Member of a Group (b) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) SEC Use Only - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Source of Funds N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5) Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (6) Citizenship or Place of United States Organization - ------------------------------------ -- ---------------------------------------- Number of Shares (7) Sole Voting Power 13,104,644 Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With --------------------------------------------------- (8) Shared Voting 0 --------------------------------------------------- (9) Sole Dispositive 13,104,644 --------------------------------------------------- (10) Shared Dispositive Power 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 13,104,644 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (12) Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11 49.4% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (14) Type of Reporting Person IN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP NO. 08520T 10 0 Page 5 of 7 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 1. Security and Issuer. Name of Issuer: Berliner Communications, Inc. (the "Company") Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 97 Linden Avenue Elmwood Park, New Jersey 07407 Security: Company common stock, par value $.00002 per share ("Shares") Item 2. Identity and Background. This statement is being jointly filed by each of the following persons pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended: Old Berliner Liquidating Trust, a trust established under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), Nicholas Day, a United States citizen ("Day") and Richard Berliner, a United States citizen ("Berliner") (together are the "Reporting Persons"). The Trust was formed on March 23, 2009. It does not and will not engage in any business. Day is the sole trustee of the Trust and Berliner is the owner of 57.4% of the beneficial interests in the Trust. As such, Day and Berliner may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the Shares beneficially owned by the Trust. The business address of each of the Reporting Persons is 97 Linden Avenue, Elmwood Park, New Jersey 07407. During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons have been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP NO. 08520T 10 0 Page 6 of 7 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. See response to Item 4 below. Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction. Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between Old Berliner, Inc. ("OBI") and the Company (the "Agreement"), OBI transferred substantially all of its assets to the Company in exchange for 13,104,644 shares of the Common Stock of the Company (the "Received Shares"), in a transaction intended to qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. Pursuant to the Agreement, OBI agreed that after the closing date it would not engage in any business and promptly dissolve the corporation and distribute its assets, including the Received Shares, to its shareholders. In order to fulfill its obligations to creditors (both fixed and contingent) and its obligations to distribute its assets, OBI distributed its assets, including the Received Shares, to the Trust. The Trust will hold the Received Shares until all fixed and contingent liabilities have been resolved and then distribute the Received Shares to the Trust beneficiaries. Each of the former shareholders of OBI has the same pro-rata interest in the Trust as such shareholder had in OBI prior to its dissolution. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. (a) The Reporting Persons are deemed to beneficially own all 13,104,644 Shares, representing 49.4% of the outstanding Shares. This percentage is based on 26,515,732 Shares outstanding as of May 12, 2009, as set forth in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009. (b) Day has the sole power to vote or to direct the vote, and sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of all 13,104,644 Shares. (c) None. (d) None. (e) Not applicable. Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understanding or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer. None. Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits. None. SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP NO. 08520T 10 0 Page 7 of 7 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNATURES After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: June 15, 2009 Old Berliner Liquidating Trust By: /s/ Nicholas Day ------------------------------------ Nicholas Day, Trustee /s/Nicholas Day ------------------------------------ Nicholas Day /s/ Richard Berliner ------------------------------------ Richard Berliner -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----